During the stay (or once back matter), I am often disarmed by the question "what are you doing here? "That actually means" what do you intend to visit? "Or" What you have done / seen beautiful? ". Because a certain behavior is expected of the traveler.
I just spent 15 days in Iceland. But do not ask me if I saw the volcanoes; this is not the case. However, I do not think he had done nothing to Reykjavik. I went to bed every night absolutely exhausted.
However - and this even though I think travel cheap is a ridiculous idea - the fact that tourism activities are outrageously expensive in Iceland really pushes the question of why we travel.
One night, a French forty years has given me the equivalent of half a qadi racing because the result of disagreements between the four travel partners, they decided to change their tickets for come home early, and they are all spread quickly. She wanted to know more about my program. Here is the script of our conversation:
"So, you go around the island? "
"Uh ... We intend to stay in Reykjavik. "
"Ah. And you were at the Blue Lagoon? You can go from here day tour ... "
"No, not yet ... It's worth it? "
"Hm okay but they abuse a little on price. It's not great either-more ... And so you're going to go when there? "
...
Ie I do not have any intention to go ... 60 euros actually there, it seemed over priced compared to the super extèrieure geothermal pool which is just steps from the hostel (price entry: 4.20 euros) but if you also confirm to me that the price is exorbitant in effect, it does not seem so worth it ...
It smells like a rip off of this case tourism sometimes. So, I decided to review the arguments used to justify the benefits of living abroad but I found most largely illusory.
When travel is an illusion
I think a lot of people do not like to travel. It happens regularly that people arrive on the blog after typing "I do not like to travel" into Google. But nobody dares to say it because it's not socially acceptable; because it would mean not to want to discover new things.
Of course, this is a ridiculous idea. Traveling is not required to learn new things. You can stay at home and have an interesting project as this girl who learns to dance in 365 days.
Traveling in itself has no intrinsic value and do not necessarily add much (if not nothing). You can not call "travel" of personal accomplishment. A visitor is an innocent bystander. No commitment is asked: "look, admire, take a picture, post it on facebook and go home." Interest is limited and write on his resume the list of countries in which it was not evidence of something extraordinary because it does not mean you have done anything there. Write you have done around the world means that you have spent 20,000 euros ... It has nothing of a feat! That means even can be said that you are fleeing a taf you do not or you do not know what to do with your life like. The problem is that on returning, you will not know more. Voyager does not solve anything. Seneca said in his letter to Lucilius XXVIII entitled "Unnecessary trips to heal the mind": "It is soul that needs to change, not climate. "
Similarly, it is tempting to say that going to work or spend a year abroad for studies is quite different from those stupid tourists and it is the guarantee of a unique educational experience. Except that the Erasmus exchanges all a scam. Let's be honest 2 seconds: we can not say we are going to benefit from a rigorous training ...
Claim that traveling is a way to discover new cultures is also a lure. Cultural differences and nationalities do not matter as much as economic disparities. There is no difference between someone who grew up on a farm Limo or the suburbs of Paris and me between me and a German who studied in Munich. It is not necessary to leave France to discover new cultures.
I have nothing against relaxing holiday or the art of Idleness Dolce. The Boyfriend even just finished reading a book on idleness he recommends. It's just that you should not lie and confuse travel and personal fulfillment. Having spent several months abroad no longer impress anyone and is in no way a guarantee that you know anything or do you have some open-minded qualities.
How to ensure that the trip is worth
Now I do not mean that traveling is useless or uninteresting non-plus. What I mean is that travel to travel and see as much as possible sites and monuments, it is nothing more than the galopage uninteresting.
The only thing that really matters is to learn. But here is the same, to say we grew up and we learn a lot about yourself while traveling is not enough. You have to be more specific, clearer about what we want, what we expect from the experience and what we learn.
Personally, I like traveling to meet people doing the same thing as me ... but better! Considering that the average of the 5 people around us, it's worth it from time to time out of his comfort zone, to see and admit that there is much better than oneself and learn from them.
Traveling can solve some problems if used as a means to understand something specific, looking for a different type of information that we have not available at home; then traveling can create this solution. If you are traveling to escape a problem, you're not looking for a specific solution. "Travel not heal sore spot of the soul. "(Seneca, Lette VIC)
So whether I use the travel productively, I ask myself whether I have a clear way to implement the lessons learned during the trip once back.
For example, sometimes the training seems insurmountable. And it's easy to begin to say that I did not get to finish. And by forcing the brain to decompose the exercise in small tasks one at a time, you end up coming to the end. I noticed it was reapplicable for the job when it comes to contact new prospects. Sending emails is simple but it does not mean easy, and I procrastinate for a few weeks ... But by breaking down the goal into smaller shares (search for names to contact, then prepare a generic e-mail, etc. ...), it becomes easier.
The purpose of travel, like any important experience is to improve oneself or to improve the lives we live. (And often, it's easier to do that from home.)
My principles travel
May be you they will also be useful.
1) Choose one or two things to do the entire time, instead of a thousand things. More preferred activity if we really mean it and devotes efforts. In Guadeloupe, surfing was the number one priority, Berlin and Reykjavik was Crossfit. Mixer physical activity and intellectual (learning a language, for example) is a good balance. I do not feel compelled to see things that everyone recommends.
Here is a picture after training Crossfit led by Annie Thorisdottir (literally "daughter of Thor" in Icelandic!), Double world champion.
Caro-Hardy-Annie daughter of Thor
2) Go for long walks. I love walking in a new city. It allows us to understand the urban layout and see the major monuments.
Ask 3) Me before taking a photo so it can be useful blog. Otherwise, just enjoy the moment.
4) Eat healthy. Enjoy the local cuisine of course, but traveling is not an excuse at all meltdowns.
5) Find a pace that works for you. For me, I get up quite early and work a few hours in the morning. After lunch, a short nap is needed before attacking the sport followed by a moment of relaxation in the evening. Then eventually I can get a drink in town. Do not completely cut ties with the work allows to extend the trip while enjoying life.
6) Do not store luggage. Do not waste time and space to carry things you MIGHT need but easy to buy on the spot. Carry unnecessary things cost money, time and energy.
7) Go to couchsurfing evenings. And stop being obsessed (e) by the idea of meeting space. Start by meeting with all short people.
8) Go if you do not have a good time. Stay if the place we like. And if you want to go somewhere, make sure to go without waiting for the "right opportunity". Try the approach "live life to interesting places" instead of "travel".
Travel should not be an escape. It should be a part of your life if you want, but that is neither better nor worse than the rest. If you are not satisfied with what you do or where you live as to spend weeks or months trying to find a few days to get away, it's time to sound the alarm . There is a big difference between wanting a change of scenery and new experiences and need to escape a prison that you built yourself.
Source
http://carohardy.com/pourquoi-je-voyage/
I just spent 15 days in Iceland. But do not ask me if I saw the volcanoes; this is not the case. However, I do not think he had done nothing to Reykjavik. I went to bed every night absolutely exhausted.
However - and this even though I think travel cheap is a ridiculous idea - the fact that tourism activities are outrageously expensive in Iceland really pushes the question of why we travel.
One night, a French forty years has given me the equivalent of half a qadi racing because the result of disagreements between the four travel partners, they decided to change their tickets for come home early, and they are all spread quickly. She wanted to know more about my program. Here is the script of our conversation:
"So, you go around the island? "
"Uh ... We intend to stay in Reykjavik. "
"Ah. And you were at the Blue Lagoon? You can go from here day tour ... "
"No, not yet ... It's worth it? "
"Hm okay but they abuse a little on price. It's not great either-more ... And so you're going to go when there? "
...
Ie I do not have any intention to go ... 60 euros actually there, it seemed over priced compared to the super extèrieure geothermal pool which is just steps from the hostel (price entry: 4.20 euros) but if you also confirm to me that the price is exorbitant in effect, it does not seem so worth it ...
It smells like a rip off of this case tourism sometimes. So, I decided to review the arguments used to justify the benefits of living abroad but I found most largely illusory.
When travel is an illusion
I think a lot of people do not like to travel. It happens regularly that people arrive on the blog after typing "I do not like to travel" into Google. But nobody dares to say it because it's not socially acceptable; because it would mean not to want to discover new things.
Of course, this is a ridiculous idea. Traveling is not required to learn new things. You can stay at home and have an interesting project as this girl who learns to dance in 365 days.
Traveling in itself has no intrinsic value and do not necessarily add much (if not nothing). You can not call "travel" of personal accomplishment. A visitor is an innocent bystander. No commitment is asked: "look, admire, take a picture, post it on facebook and go home." Interest is limited and write on his resume the list of countries in which it was not evidence of something extraordinary because it does not mean you have done anything there. Write you have done around the world means that you have spent 20,000 euros ... It has nothing of a feat! That means even can be said that you are fleeing a taf you do not or you do not know what to do with your life like. The problem is that on returning, you will not know more. Voyager does not solve anything. Seneca said in his letter to Lucilius XXVIII entitled "Unnecessary trips to heal the mind": "It is soul that needs to change, not climate. "
Similarly, it is tempting to say that going to work or spend a year abroad for studies is quite different from those stupid tourists and it is the guarantee of a unique educational experience. Except that the Erasmus exchanges all a scam. Let's be honest 2 seconds: we can not say we are going to benefit from a rigorous training ...
Claim that traveling is a way to discover new cultures is also a lure. Cultural differences and nationalities do not matter as much as economic disparities. There is no difference between someone who grew up on a farm Limo or the suburbs of Paris and me between me and a German who studied in Munich. It is not necessary to leave France to discover new cultures.
I have nothing against relaxing holiday or the art of Idleness Dolce. The Boyfriend even just finished reading a book on idleness he recommends. It's just that you should not lie and confuse travel and personal fulfillment. Having spent several months abroad no longer impress anyone and is in no way a guarantee that you know anything or do you have some open-minded qualities.
How to ensure that the trip is worth
Now I do not mean that traveling is useless or uninteresting non-plus. What I mean is that travel to travel and see as much as possible sites and monuments, it is nothing more than the galopage uninteresting.
The only thing that really matters is to learn. But here is the same, to say we grew up and we learn a lot about yourself while traveling is not enough. You have to be more specific, clearer about what we want, what we expect from the experience and what we learn.
Personally, I like traveling to meet people doing the same thing as me ... but better! Considering that the average of the 5 people around us, it's worth it from time to time out of his comfort zone, to see and admit that there is much better than oneself and learn from them.
Traveling can solve some problems if used as a means to understand something specific, looking for a different type of information that we have not available at home; then traveling can create this solution. If you are traveling to escape a problem, you're not looking for a specific solution. "Travel not heal sore spot of the soul. "(Seneca, Lette VIC)
So whether I use the travel productively, I ask myself whether I have a clear way to implement the lessons learned during the trip once back.
For example, sometimes the training seems insurmountable. And it's easy to begin to say that I did not get to finish. And by forcing the brain to decompose the exercise in small tasks one at a time, you end up coming to the end. I noticed it was reapplicable for the job when it comes to contact new prospects. Sending emails is simple but it does not mean easy, and I procrastinate for a few weeks ... But by breaking down the goal into smaller shares (search for names to contact, then prepare a generic e-mail, etc. ...), it becomes easier.
The purpose of travel, like any important experience is to improve oneself or to improve the lives we live. (And often, it's easier to do that from home.)
My principles travel
May be you they will also be useful.
1) Choose one or two things to do the entire time, instead of a thousand things. More preferred activity if we really mean it and devotes efforts. In Guadeloupe, surfing was the number one priority, Berlin and Reykjavik was Crossfit. Mixer physical activity and intellectual (learning a language, for example) is a good balance. I do not feel compelled to see things that everyone recommends.
Here is a picture after training Crossfit led by Annie Thorisdottir (literally "daughter of Thor" in Icelandic!), Double world champion.
Caro-Hardy-Annie daughter of Thor
2) Go for long walks. I love walking in a new city. It allows us to understand the urban layout and see the major monuments.
Ask 3) Me before taking a photo so it can be useful blog. Otherwise, just enjoy the moment.
4) Eat healthy. Enjoy the local cuisine of course, but traveling is not an excuse at all meltdowns.
5) Find a pace that works for you. For me, I get up quite early and work a few hours in the morning. After lunch, a short nap is needed before attacking the sport followed by a moment of relaxation in the evening. Then eventually I can get a drink in town. Do not completely cut ties with the work allows to extend the trip while enjoying life.
6) Do not store luggage. Do not waste time and space to carry things you MIGHT need but easy to buy on the spot. Carry unnecessary things cost money, time and energy.
7) Go to couchsurfing evenings. And stop being obsessed (e) by the idea of meeting space. Start by meeting with all short people.
8) Go if you do not have a good time. Stay if the place we like. And if you want to go somewhere, make sure to go without waiting for the "right opportunity". Try the approach "live life to interesting places" instead of "travel".
Travel should not be an escape. It should be a part of your life if you want, but that is neither better nor worse than the rest. If you are not satisfied with what you do or where you live as to spend weeks or months trying to find a few days to get away, it's time to sound the alarm . There is a big difference between wanting a change of scenery and new experiences and need to escape a prison that you built yourself.
Source
http://carohardy.com/pourquoi-je-voyage/
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